As the first online show (in nearly a years time) starts closing in, I've spent a bit more time pondering what sort of format I'd like things to be in. I'm fairly content with having the show itself starting much like it used to, except with a few significantly new bells and whistles. However, it's important to me that it also evolves. The whole purpose of building PlanMixPlay is allow for some significant evolution of the show to occur.

As some point in the past I noticed that YouTube started supporting its content creators splitting videos into seasons and episodes, not unlike classic television. I like that this allows a show to more explicitly portion its content. In my case, I would aim to have each new season to feature new functionality insuring that I continue developing PlanMixPlay once the show resumes.

One of the benefits of this site having a fairly small, possibly even non-existent readership, is that I don't mind being a bit open about future ideas and plans. As previously stated, I expect season one of the new PMP-based show to be quite faithful to my previous show. Season two on the other hand, I think I'll try to introduce some more video-based content. Nothing as casual and common as "Let's plays" (god knows YouTube has no shortage of that bilge), but more like a short expose on a single or couple of games per show. I.e. I'd dig up a couple of c-64 games I've played back when I was but a wee young lad, create some pre-recorded footage and then use that as partial content during the show. Furthermore, it makes sense to have the music selection also focus a bit on the featured game(s) in question.

I've not quite hammered down the exact format for season two as you can probably guess, but the rough idea will definitely be utilizing some amount of video media to flesh out that aspect of PlanMixPlay.

Another question that's left to answer is how long approximately each season will be. Given that I initially still intend to do a single show per week, I think an 8 to 10 episodes per season should give me sufficient time (8-10 weeks) to develop at least one or two new features per season. This may well get adjusted after I've completed a season or two and get a feel for how much I can take on in terms of development.

Last but not least, as a reward for reading this far and... Well... Bothering to even read any of this at all, here's a brief look at an approximate prototype of the live show visuals for season one!